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I switched to an internally regulated alternator on the firebird today. sigh.

I didn't really want to, but I found one on a shelf in the garage. It might have been one i had for the Oldsmobile I used to own.

My 'lifetime warranty' externally regulated alternator blew a diode, so i took it off for return. I was looking for my original to swap the pullies (the new one comes with the wrong pully) and I found this internally regulated one.
I went ahead and hooked it up, changing the wiring in the laziest way I could think of to eliminate the other regulator, and of course it works much better than the external kind ever could. Dammit. If it ever goes bad I'll have to buy a new one.

Now I have a brand new $50 transistorized regulator hanging unplugged and useless by the fender, and a LT warranty alternator sitting on a shelf.

Oh, I also put the shiny chrome skirt things back under the doors because I was tired of slicing my jeans on their mounts, and also didn't want it to happen to anyone else.